Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : spamassassin (MDKSA-2005:106)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18583

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A Denial of Service bug was discovered in SpamAssassin. An attacker could construct a particular message that would cause SpamAssassin to consume CPU resources. If a large number of these messages were sent, it could lead to a DoS. SpamAssassin 3.0.4 was released to correct this vulnerability, as well as other minor bug fixes, and is provided with this update.

For full details on the changes from previous versions of SpamAssassin to this current version, please refer to the online documentation at http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/NextRelease.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18583

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-106.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 6/28/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-mail-spamassassin, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin-spamd, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin-tools, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin-spamc, x-cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:le2005, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1266

MDKSA: 2005:106

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